"General, we're five hundred steps away from the enemy ship.”
asked one of Huang Gai's subordinates.
Huang Gai frowned and hesitated.
"Let's wait a little longer. Anyway, the ship is already filled with kindling items. If we expose ourselves too early, the other party might be on guard!”
This time, the dozens of boats he brought were all loaded with sulfur.
They did it to burn down Boss Cao's 300,000-strong army!
At the same time, he could also use this to conceal his purpose. After all, the load on the ship was different, and the draft was also different. If the ship was empty, it would be easy for the other party to find a flaw.
Huang Gai became excited when he thought about how he would be able to wipe out the 300,000 Cao troops if this plan succeeded.
Such a battle result, even the people of the future generations would praise it, right?
When he was three hundred steps away from the Cao army's warship, Huang Gai no longer hesitated and spoke in a stern voice.
"Pass down the order. Have the soldiers on the ships set fire immediately. After setting fire, jump into the river!”
This time, he had brought soldiers who were familiar with the water. This way, even if there were no ships, there was a chance of survival.
However, just as the deputy general was about to pass down the order, an arrow suddenly pierced through his chest.
In the next moment, arrows rained down and covered the sky!
The arrow was coming from the Cao army's warship.
"Thief Cao, you don't care about martial arts!"
Huang Gai's expression changed. He didn't know where he had revealed a flaw.
But now, he understood that Zhou Yu's plan had probably been seen through by the other party.
Without hesitation, Huang Gai jumped into the river.
If he stayed on the ship, he would probably be shot into a sieve in no time!
On the flagship of the Cao army.
Everyone had different expressions when they saw this scene.
"Everyone, don't worry. This Huang Gai is pretending to surrender in order to use the fire!”
Seeing that there were still people who did not understand, Boss Cao explained. He did not want to cause a knot in the hearts of his followers because of this matter.
Many people who didn't understand understood now, and a trace of fear flashed in their eyes.
If Huang Gai really got his way, they would not have a good life.
"My lord has foresight, we are ashamed of our inferiority!”
Boss Cao ignored everyone's flattery and ordered loudly again.
"Order all the warships to untie the chains. There's no need to hide anymore.”
"In addition, prepare to fire the Feather-chasing Crossbows. A great battle will break out at any time!”
His voice was cold, and there was a hint of excitement in it!
"Prime Minister, the River East is probably still waiting for the river to catch fire. We can take this opportunity to attack the River East water village!”
Once Cao Cao's army crossed the Yangtze River, then the matter would be settled!
"What Zhuiyu said is exactly what I want. Immediately pass down the order to head to River East. We must defeat the River East navy in this battle!”
Cao Cao's eyes flashed with excitement. Now that things had come to this, the defeat of River East was almost certain.
This world was one step closer to unification!
However, Guo Jia did not dare to be careless. He felt that this victory had come too easily!
But there shouldn't be anything that he didn't notice, right?
Moreover, the Cao army was an upright army. If they fought head-on, Jiang Dong would never be their match.
Guo Jia shook his head, throwing his messy thoughts out of his mind.
Right now, the most important thing was the current war.
……
"Commander, General Huang is back, but…"
At this moment, a scout came to Zhou Yu's side with a hesitant expression and reported.
Zhou Yu's expression changed.
Until now, he had not discovered the fire in the river. Instead, Huang Gai had returned. He had a bad feeling.
Could it be that the other party had seen through his flawless plan?
Without saying anything else, Zhou Yu quickly followed the scout to find Huang Gai.
"Gongfu!"
From afar, Zhou Yu could see Huang Gai lying on the ground. His entire body was white. This was a sign that he had been in the water for a long time.
The most shocking thing was the number of arrows stabbed into the enemy's body!
" Our plan has been seen through by the Cao bandits. I hope that the Commander-in-Chief…will be careful…"
Seeing Zhou Yu arrive, Huang Gai was barely breathing, but he still finished his last sentence.
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Gai's eyes lost their luster.
He had rushed back with his last breath to tell Zhou Yu this news.
Now that he was finally relieved, he died on the spot.
"Thief Cao, I, Duke of Zhou Jin, will never live under the same sky as you!”
Zhou Yu reached out and gently brushed Huang Gai's face, closing his eyes.
"Pass on my order. All troops board the ship and prepare to face the enemy!”
At this moment, his expression was ugly and extremely sorrowful.
It was his idea to make Huang Gai feign surrender, but he never thought that he would end up killing him!
At this point, he had no way out and could only lead the army to meet the enemy.
Even though he was not confident at all!
However, Zhou Yu was so shocked that he did not notice that Zhuge Liang had already disappeared…
In November of the thirteenth year of Emperor Xian's Jian 'an.
Cao Cao led 300,000 troops from the north and Jingzhou to fight against 60,000 navy troops from Jiangdong at Red Cliff.
In this battle, the Feather-chasing Crossbow invented by the Minister of the Treasury, Huang Yueying, played a key role.
Cao Cao's army won a great victory, and less than one-tenth of the Jiangdong navy remained.
Zhou Yu, the commander of the Jiangdong Navy, fled with heavy injuries.
Zhuge Liang, who Liu Bei had sent to help Jiang Dong, had disappeared.
At the same time, a commotion was taking place in Yangzhou's Luling County.
By the time everyone reacted, it was already too late.
This also completely changed the situation of the Cao, Sun, and Liu families!
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